Child Abuse Facts

Child abuse is an epidemic. According to New York State Child Protective
Services data, 209,425 children were reported as abused in 2006. That makes
child abuse ten times more common than children killed or injured in car
crashes and forty times more common than children with elevated blood lead
levels.

Recent statistics from child protective agencies report almost 1,000,000 children each year are victims of substantiated abuse or neglect.

58% of the victims were neglected

21% suffered physical abuse

About 11% were sexually abused

An estimated 1,400 deaths resulted from abuse, with 86% of these fatalities in children under age 6.